Eric Holder Officially Confirmed As Attorney General, 75 to 21
According to Wolf Blitzer on the CNN Situation Room, Eric Holder was just officially confirmed as U.S. Attorney General by the Senate, 75 for to 21 against. Holder becomes the first African American...
View ArticleTim Wise speaks in Oakland: anti-racist activist
Even with the election of President Barack Obama, America is still plagued by racism, according to author Tim Wise. The anti-racist activist was in Oakland last week discussing his most recent book,...
View Article2010 World Series Fight in McDonald’s After Giants vs Rangers Game One
The 2010 World Series Giants vs Rangers Game One was marred by a giant fight in the McDonald’s located on Brannan near 3rd Street and just one block from AT&T Park. This is the fight the SFPD...
View ArticleAfrican Americans Fail To Vote, No Blacks In Senate
The Term “African Americans” is a Twitter Trending Topic as of this writing because after Illinois Senator Roland Burris depature, there’s no black Senator in the U.S. Senate for the first time in this...
View ArticleAshley Hebert: Bachelorette Picks White Guy From Group Of White Guys
I must confess, I’ve watched all of 35 minutes of the ABC show The Bachelorette, and that’s it. I turned the channel. I understand the show does well in places like Orlando, Florida, but, well, that’s...
View ArticleRick Perry – C.L. Jackson Used At Response Religious Speech To Mask African...
Texas Governor Rick Perry is, to this blogger, a very scary guy and the speech he gave at the Response religious event of two days ago only makes me shudder all the more. It’s not so much that Governor...
View ArticleBlack War On Obama? No. Just Tavis Smiley and Cornell West
When I met and talked to Professor Cornell West and Talk Show Host Tavis Smiley at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the concern then was, as Professor West put it, how we (African Americans)...
View ArticleOakland USD Loses Second Chief To Problem In Four Years
Yesterday, The Oakland Unified School District lost its police chief Pete Sarna, after the officer, allegedly intoxicated, reportedly went off an an “N-word” laced rant against an African American...
View ArticleNick Ashford Of Ashford & Simpson Passes, RIP To Motown Great
A real, real sad bit of news happened about six hours ago: Nick Ashford, the smooth singing voice and part of the team that has been Ashford and Simpson, with Valerie Simpson, for as much of my life as...
View ArticleAtlanta MARTA Has Oakland BART-Style Oscar Grant Problem
While the Occupy Atlanta version of the Occupy Wall Street Movement may not be very large, it has served as a draw-point to bring more attention to the problem of Atlanta Police brutality and inept...
View ArticleOakland Mayor Leads: Lionel Wilson Promotes Oakland
For the many who never knew Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson, who was Oakland’s last three-term Mayor, and its first African American Mayor, serving from 1977 to 1991, when he lost to Elihu Harris. During...
View ArticleMany Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned
Ok, this is 2011 in the 21st Century, right? In America. Where we have an African American President in Barack Obama. Right? Ok, so with all of that, why is it that half of Mississippi Republicans...
View ArticleNdamukong Suh Issues Apology, Deals With Media Racism
That Ndamukong Suh managed to take the NFL by storm comes as no surprise to anyone who’s seen him play while he was a student at Nebraska. And to be frank, Ndamukong Suh is one of a new breed of black...
View ArticleOccupy LA Eviction Live Stream From Los Angeles
Will Occupy LA be evicted after 12 midnight PDT? As this is written, a set of USTREAM Live video feeds have been installed at Zennie62.com to present the Occupy LA eviction. After 56 days, or almost...
View Article"Chevron Blogger" Not Dumped By SF Chronicle
There's an idea from certain racist types that this blogger was blocked from posting at the SF Chronicle website because of "ties" to a "Chevron operative." That's bullshit. What the truth is, is that...
View ArticleHerman Cain Drops Out Of GOP Presidential Race
Well, this blogger was wrong. GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain just announced that he’s suspending his campaign. He did this just five minutes ago, and at a brand new headquarters in Doraville,...
View ArticleTyler Perry’s Good Deeds Movie Trailer Is Out
Good Deeds is Tyler Perry’s movie about Wesley Deeds, a successful black entrepreneur (here that Michael Arrington!), who becomes more romantically interested in a a down-on-her-luck single mother than...
View ArticleMorrie Turner, Wee Pals Cartoon Creator, Honored By Oakland City Council
Morrie Turner is the symbol of Oakland’s unique way it expresses its diverse culture. The famous cartoonist best known for his Wee Pals cartoon creations, is as much a part of Oakland’s Soul as the...
View ArticleOakland Restaurant Week Ends Sunday, Video Has Almost No Blacks
This week is Oakland Restaurant Week, where a number of eateries around out town feature $30 dinner offerings – from reports, the participating places are “slammed.” For a good list of participating...
View ArticleWas Arizona Gov Jan Brewer Drunk While Pointing Finger In Obama’s Face?
Two days ago, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer shocked the World by showing just how little class and dignity she has when she greeted U.S. President Barack Obama on the tarmac at Phoenix International...
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